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Jul 2016

Bikesharing made easier

We wanted to salute the efforts of Bixi — our beloved bikesharing system in Montreal — to deliver a steady flow of tweaks to the user experience of their mobile app, months after the release of the revamped version.

They recently added a new feature which allows you to rent a bike through the app itself.

How does it work?Well, you don’t need the Bixi key anymore, you just tap the nearby station on your mobile app and press Rent Bike.

The first time you do this, you’ll be asked to choose a unique keycode acting as a layer of security to unlock bikes.

You are then prompted to enter your keycode (Apple users can use Touch ID), in order to get the code to unlock a Bixi. Pretty straightforward.